Automated Rail Management System
Automate your rail Inventory Management System.
ARMS is a full-featured inventory and revenue platform for railroads. It serves as a single source of truth for a railroad’s inventory, and supports electronic data interchange across connecting roads.
The challenge
Traditional software requires tons of manual work
Legacy inventory management systems require users to maintain blocking tables with tens of thousands of rules—often necessitating significant, manual intervention when these rules are in conflict.
the solution
Track inventory changes automatically
ARMS keeps track of all inventory changes—whether they're caused by electronic data interchange, AEI read events, or manual updates—and presents the user with a single source of truth for a railroad's inventory.
Harnessing that inventory data, users can bill customers, generate switchlists, and interchange cars with ease.
integrations
Modular and extensible
ARMS is the only inventory management system built with modularity and extensibility in mind. The platform easily integrates with third-party solutions for car hire, maintenance, and yard optimization—including Cedar's own OptiSwitch classification platform.
the power of automation
The first Inventory Management System to leverage AI
ARMS is the first inventory management system to leverage AI to present users with suggestions for handling inbound traffic and customer billing.
Users can create recipes to automate workflows, and the system uses machine learning and fuzzy matching to reduce maintenance and managerial overhead.
Benefits
A single source of truth
Serves as a single source of truth as users move, load, unload, and manipulate cars.
Electronic data interchange
Provides electronic data interchange (EDI) functionality for communicating with connecting railroads.
AI-powered workflows
Automates the handling of inbound traffic and billing of a railroad's customers through the use of AI-powered workflows.
Integrations
Extends beyond inventory management to integrate with other Cedar systems, including our OptiSwitch yard classification system.
Users can manage inventory manually through ARMS’ online portal, or via mobile devices in the field. ARMS can also automate the handling of inbound traffic and customer billing through artificial-intelligence-powered workflows and recipes.
Major features
01
Inventory management
Easily manage inventory and yard operations with customized views and reports.
02
Automation workflows
Innovative and flexible automation workflows significantly simplify data entry and create precisely tailored notifications.
03
Industry Reference Files
Full support for Industry Reference Files including UMLER, HazMat, and Centralized Station Master.
04
Innovative Revenue Agreements
Innovative Revenue Agreements for managing switching, demurrage, storage.
05
Integrated Customer Web Portal
Integrated Customer Web Portal lets customers easily order in, release cars, and print or extract inventory.
06
TRAIN II reporting
Full TRAIN II reporting facilitates very high TRAIN II scorecard results.
07
Car Hire
Open data structure of ARMS supports range of car hire payables options, including Greenbrier Mgt. Services, direct Railinc CHDX, SDS ROCS, or others.
08
AEI automation
AEI – Full support for AEI automation including interchanges, train or yard track events. T94 message type currently supported, EDI 160 messages coming January 2021.
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EDI
EDI, without hidden fees, messages supported include 418 Consists, 404 Bills of Lading, 417 Waybills, and 419/420 blocking queries.
Schedule a demo
If you are a railroad operator looking for new technology options, we want to talk to you. Please reach out today to get a demo and see how we can help.
